New Delhi: Highlighting the importance of Pt Deendayal’s thoughts in contemporary times, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday released “Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay – Jeevan Darshan Aur Samsamyikta” (five volumes) book here.

Quoting Pt Deendayal, Dhankhar said “education is an investment in the sense that an educated man will serve the society better,” and underlined that this idea formed the basis of the New Education Policy – 2020, according to a Vice President’s Secretariat statement.

“If India has to attain its past glory, it’ll have to go beyond GDP & economics, and take a holistic view of human development in every sense as suggested by Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Ji,” he added.

The Vice President appreciated the efforts of the Chief Editor of the book, Dr Bajrang Lal Gupta and his team for bringing the five volume book.

Union Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, former Union Minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, Prashant Jain, Publisher (Kitabwale) and other dignitaries attended the event.